A recent statement by Kevin Buterbaugh, a political science professor from Southern Connecticut State University (Sept. 23 article, "Quarreling over money"), seemed to take exception to Rep. Christopher Murphy, D-5th District, and Republican U.S. Senate candidate Linda McMahon focusing on each other's character and not on the issues. Really? Integrity is no longer important? I would like to be reassured that I can believe the candidates before I make a decision on their platforms.

When I consider Murphy's record and what he brings to Connecticut, I cite a recent opening salvo from D. Dowd Muska's Aug. 1 column, "Some states get it; some don't." He wrote that if you live in Connecticut, "a little advice: Get out. Soon." He places Connecticut with a handful of other states that "are careening toward death by fiscal stupidity."

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